I did not know what our 'superiors' overall strategy was, the aim of the operation or the outcome if I failed. Actually I had a pretty good idea what ...he outcomes were if I failed-feet first at worst back to The Cross house at best. Dropping me off in the middle of this dead hole on my pat with a photo of the subject and of his current routine supplied by his secretary. Not to remove subject unless totally safe to do so and not to take longer than a week to perform the duty. Shit, I could have. But she stumbles. Once. Twice. A bunch of times, but she comes back, trying, each time. That's the hardest, little one. If she turned her back right now and reverted to the old ways, we could do like we've been doing – pray, hope, keep in touch – but go on with our lives." If she goes all the way with the change, we have a happy addition to our family and we're, you, me, your mom, are all better for it. But if she keeps trying and keeps slipping, then we may have some painful times. We have to. "Very admirable," said Debbie. "In closing, Jennifer, Matt, I just want to say on behalf of a grateful town, thank you for everything, and keep up the good work."Thank you, Debbie," both Matt and Jennifer said.- - -"Did I tell you? The football team and the cheer squad both came to me to say they'll never tell a living soul about that little party after the game." Well that's good," Matt said, as he watched the television crew pack up their equipment."I mean I'd already sworn them to secrecy. If this worked, ALL of the crooked Agents would be behind bars by 7:30 am.They left after handshakes all around. I could tell they were still leery of using our girls, but accepted it as inevitable just the same.We had one more drink to chill out, while watching our campfire wind down to softly glowing embers. By 10:30 the fire was all but out, so we poured a bucket of water on it so we could go to bed.We were glad we still had over a week to get to Arizona. Since tomorrow was Tuesday, we had.